Mubah is commonly translated as "neutral" or "permitted" in English.,[2][3] "indifferent"[4] or "(merely) permitted".[4][5] It refers to an action that is not
mandatory,
recommended,
reprehensible or
forbidden, and thus involves no judgement from
God.[2] Assigning acts to this legal category reflects a deliberate choice rather than an oversight on the part of jurists.[3]
In Islamic property law, the term mubāḥ refers to things which have no owner. It is similar to the concept res nullius used in Roman law and common law.[6]
See also
Adiaphora – Concepts in philosophy and religion, a similar concept in Stoicism
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